Clinton, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Mantua-West Greene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35462. It stands on Harkness Branch. The Survey maps it on the Union quadrangle. It stands 161 feet above sea level.
On record in Clinton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Masonic Temple, State Routes 14 & 39, Clintonfederal building survey, 4 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1927 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Union quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
87 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Clinton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 410 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170930-5 |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140930-002 |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Other causes | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | COUNTY ROAD 181, AL |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 21 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clinton in 11 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Clinton | $250,000 | A tornado touched down just east of County Road 20 near Trussells Creek. The tornado moved roughly parallel to Trussells Creek and lifted before the town of Clinton. This tornado primarily affect rural countryside in west central Greene County. The tornado did produce significant tree damage along its path as hundreds of trees were snapped off or uprooted along the path. Many acres will have to be clear cut to salvage the timber. The tornado damage path was 6 miles long and 250 yards wide at its widest point. This tornado was produced by the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Begin: 32 50.52/88 03.94 End: 32 54.37/87 59.85 |
| April 2003 | Hail | Clinton | $3,000 | The first severe, supercell thunderstorm began forming across northern Sumter County and became severe in northern Greene County. This storm produced penny to quarter size hail near Pleasant Ridge, near Union, and near Knoxville. A few trees were also blown down near Union. A rotating wall cloud and funnel cloud were observed at several locations in Greene County associated with this storm. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down from near the Lewiston community to near Mantua. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down near the Mount Hebron community in extreme western Greene County. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Clinton | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern Greene County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 100 mph.||This tornado touched down along County Road 174 and crossed Highway 14 between Clinton and Eutaw. It continued northeastward, snapping numerous trees along County Road 181 and County Road 199. The tornado then weakened with sparse tree damage, dissipating along County Road 218. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Clinton | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Greene County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 65 mph. Observed damage only included a few uprooted softwood trees and a few broken large branches. The damage was collocated with a tornado debris signature (TDS) from the KBMX RADAR. The majority of the tree damage was in an inaccessible area along and near Tubbs Creek. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton | - | Several trees were uprooted along Highway 39 near Clinton. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Clinton | - | Dime to quarter size hail fell in and around the city of Clinton. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Hail | Clinton | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Greene | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Mount Hebron | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Union | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| New Mount Hebron | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Crawford Fork | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Eutaw | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| New West Greene | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Gosa | 8.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Clinton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14679031 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116272. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







